The 10 seconds that changed Margot Robbieâs career.
Margot Robbie walked into Martin Scorseseâs audition room knowing she probably wasnât the obvious choice. She was still relatively unknown, and she had just seconds left to make an impression.
The scene with Leonardo DiCaprio was getting intense. Leoâs character told her to come over and kiss him.
For a moment, Robbie actually thought: I could kiss Leonardo DiCaprio right now.
Then she changed her mind.
Instead, she walked up to him and slapped him across the face.
The room went completely silent.
Robbie later said those few seconds felt like an eternity. She immediately thought she had destroyed her career before it had even started.
Then Scorsese and DiCaprio burst out laughing.
The completely unscripted moment stunned everyone in the room and Scorsese later said that slap helped clinch her the role of Naomi Lapaglia.
That was the moment Hollywood stopped seeing Margot Robbie as just another young actress.
She had walked into the room as an unknown.
She walked out with a role opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in a Martin Scorsese film.
Sometimes, the moment that changes your career is the one where you think youâve just ruined it.